Library Membership
Where can kids and their parents climb through a two-story maze, go on a reading adventure with Arthur™, see colorful patterns in a bubble, travel to Japan and use chopsticks or climb a rock wall?
Each day patrons of over 180 libraries do this and more at Boston Children's Museum. The Library Half-Price Discount Program makes it possible for families to visit one of Boston's premier educational institutions at half the regular admission price. Boston Children’s Museum offers three types of library discount programs:
Full Year - Library Half Price Discount Program ($700) allows library patrons to visit the Museum on every day that the Museum is open for twelve months. Admission coupons are issued to the library and are date specific. Up to four people can visit the Museum with each coupon and each pays an admission fee of half the regular price.
Half Year -Library Half Price Discount Program ($350) allows library patrons to visit the Museum on every day that the Museum is open for six consecutive months. Admission coupons are issued to the library and are date specific. Up to four people can visit the Museum with each coupon and each pays an admission fee of half the regular price.
Partial Week -Library Half Price Discount Program ($350) allows library patrons to visit the Museum three days per week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) for twelve months. Admission coupons are issued to the library and are date specific. Up to four people can visit the Museum with each coupon and each pays an admission fee of half the regular price.
Each day patrons of over 180 libraries do this and more at Boston Children's Museum. The Library Half-Price Discount Program makes it possible for families to visit one of Boston's premier educational institutions at half the regular admission price. Boston Children’s Museum offers three types of library discount programs:
Full Year - Library Half Price Discount Program ($700) allows library patrons to visit the Museum on every day that the Museum is open for twelve months. Admission coupons are issued to the library and are date specific. Up to four people can visit the Museum with each coupon and each pays an admission fee of half the regular price.
Half Year -Library Half Price Discount Program ($350) allows library patrons to visit the Museum on every day that the Museum is open for six consecutive months. Admission coupons are issued to the library and are date specific. Up to four people can visit the Museum with each coupon and each pays an admission fee of half the regular price.
Partial Week -Library Half Price Discount Program ($350) allows library patrons to visit the Museum three days per week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) for twelve months. Admission coupons are issued to the library and are date specific. Up to four people can visit the Museum with each coupon and each pays an admission fee of half the regular price.
Participating Libraries in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island - As of January 2020
Maine | ||
Curtis Memorial Library | Brunswick | Maine |
Massachusetts | ||
Abington Public Library | Abington | Massachusetts |
Acton Memorial Library | Acton | Massachusetts |
Honan-Allston Branch - Boston Public Library | Allston | Massachusetts |
Amesbury Public Library | Amesbury | Massachusetts |
Andover Memorial Hall Library I | Andover | Massachusetts |
Andover Memorial Hall Library II | Andover | Massachusetts |
Robbins Library | Arlington | Massachusetts |
Library, Stevens Memorial Library | Ashburnham | Massachusetts |
Stevens Memorial Library | Ashburnham | Massachusetts |
Ashland Public Library | Ashland | Massachusetts |
Attleboro Public Library | Attleboro | Massachusetts |
Auburn Free Public Library | Auburn | Massachusetts |
Ayer Public Library | Ayer | Massachusetts |
Bedford Free Public Library | Bedford | Massachusetts |
Bellingham Public Library | Bellingham | Massachusetts |
Belmont Public Library | Belmont | Massachusetts |
Beverly Farms Library | Beverly | Massachusetts |
Beverly Public Library | Beverly | Massachusetts |
Billerica Public Library | Billerica | Massachusetts |
Central Library - Boston Public Library | Boston | Massachusetts |
Chinatown Branch - Boston Public Library | Boston | Massachusetts |
North End Branch - Boston Public Library | Boston | Massachusetts |
South End Branch - Boston Public Library | Boston | Massachusetts |
West End Branch - Boston Public Library | Boston | Massachusetts |
Jonathan Bourne Public Library | Bourne | Massachusetts |
Sargent Memorial Library | Boxborough | Massachusetts |
Boxford Town Library | Boxford | Massachusetts |
Thayer Public Library | Braintree | Massachusetts |
Thayer Public Library | Braintree | Massachusetts |
Brewster Ladies' Library Association | Brewster | Massachusetts |
Bridgewater Public Library | Bridgewater | Massachusetts |
Brighton Branch | Brighton | Massachusetts |
Faneuil Branch - Boston Public Library | Brighton | Massachusetts |
Brockton Public Library | Brockton | Massachusetts |
Brockton Public Library | Brockton | Massachusetts |
Coolidge Corner Library | Brookline | Massachusetts |
The Public Library of Brookline | Brookline | Massachusetts |
The Public Library of Brookline | Brookline | Massachusetts |
Burlington Public Library | Burlington | Massachusetts |
Cambridge Public Library | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
Cambridge Public Library, Boudreau Branch | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
Cambridge Public Library, Central Square Branch | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
Cambridge Public Library, O'Neill Branch | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
Cambridge Public Library, Valente Branch | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
Canton Public Library | Canton | Massachusetts |
Gleason Public Library | Carlisle | Massachusetts |
Charlestown Branch - Boston Public Library | Charlestown | Massachusetts |
Eldredge Public Library | Chatham | Massachusetts |
Chelmsford Public Library | Chelmsford | Massachusetts |
Chelsea Public Library | Chelsea | Massachusetts |
Putterham Library | Chestnut Hill | Massachusetts |
Paul Pratt Memorial Library | Cohasset | Massachusetts |
Concord Free Public Library | Concord | Massachusetts |
Peabody Institute Library Of Danvers | Danvers | Massachusetts |
Dartmouth Public Libraries | Dartmouth | Massachusetts |
Dedham Public Library | Dedham | Massachusetts |
Adams Street Branch - Boston Public Library | Dorchester | Massachusetts |
Codman Square Branch - Boston Public Library | Dorchester | Massachusetts |
Fields Corner Branch - Boston Public Library | Dorchester | Massachusetts |
Grove Hall Branch - Boston Public Library | Dorchester | Massachusetts |
Lower Mills Branch - Boston Public Library | Dorchester | Massachusetts |
Uphams Corner Branch - Boston Public Library | Dorchester | Massachusetts |
Dover Town Library | Dover | Massachusetts |
M.G. Parker Memorial Library | Dracut | Massachusetts |
Duxbury Free Library | Duxbury | Massachusetts |
East Boston Branch - Boston Public Library | East Boston | Massachusetts |
East Bridgewater Public Library | East Bridgewater | Massachusetts |
Weymouth Tufts Libraries | East Weymouth | Massachusetts |
Edgartown Free Public Library | Egartown | Massachusetts |
T.O.H.P. Burnham Library | Essex | Massachusetts |
Parlin Memorial Library | Everett | Massachusetts |
Fall River Public Library -Main Branch | Fall River | Massachusetts |
Falmouth Public Library | Falmouth | Massachusetts |
Boyden Library | Foxboro | Massachusetts |
Framingham Public Library | Framingham | Massachusetts |
Franklin Public Library | Franklin | Massachusetts |
Levi Heywood Memorial Library | Gardner | Massachusetts |
Sawyer Free Library & Gloucester Lyceum | Gloucester | Massachusetts |
Grafton Public Library | Grafton | Massachusetts |
Groton Public Library | Groton | Massachusetts |
Holmes Public Library | Halifax | Massachusetts |
John Curtis Free Library | Hanover | Massachusetts |
Hanson Public Library | Hanson | Massachusetts |
Harvard Public Library | Harvard | Massachusetts |
Brooks Free Library | Harwich | Massachusetts |
Haverhill Public Library | Haverhill | Massachusetts |
Hingham Public Library | Hingham | Massachusetts |
Holbrook Public Library | Holbrook | Massachusetts |
Gale Free Library | Holden | Massachusetts |
Holliston Public Library | Holliston | Massachusetts |
Hopkinton Public Library | Hopkinton | Massachusetts |
Hudson Public Library | Hudson | Massachusetts |
Hull Public Library | Hull | Massachusetts |
Hyannis Public Library | Hyannis | Massachusetts |
Hyde Park Branch- Boston Public Library | Hyde Park | Massachusetts |
Ipswich Public Library | Ipswich | Massachusetts |
Connolly Branch - Boston Public Library | Jamaica Plain | Massachusetts |
Ingersoll Bowditch Library | Jamaica Plain | Massachusetts |
Jamaica Plain Branch - Boston Public Library | Jamaica Plain | Massachusetts |
Kingston Public Library | Kingston | Massachusetts |
Lakeville Public Library | Lakeville | Massachusetts |
Lawrence Public Library | Lawrence | Massachusetts |
Leominster Public Library | Leominster | Massachusetts |
Cary Memorial Library | Lexington | Massachusetts |
Lincoln Public Library | Lincoln | Massachusetts |
Reuben Hoar Library | Littleton | Massachusetts |
Pollard Memorial Library | Lowell | Massachusetts |
Friends of the Lunenburg Public Library | Lunenburg | Massachusetts |
Lynn Public Library | Lynn | Massachusetts |
Lynnfield Public Library | Lynnfield | Massachusetts |
Malden Public Library | Malden | Massachusetts |
Manchester by the Sea Public Library | Manchester By the Sea | Massachusetts |
Mansfield Public Library | Mansfield | Massachusetts |
Abbot Public Library | Marblehead | Massachusetts |
Marlborough Public Library | Marlborough | Massachusetts |
Friends of The Ventress Memorial Library | Marshfield | Massachusetts |
Mashpee Public Library | Mashpee | Massachusetts |
Mattapan Branch - Boston Public Library | Mattapan | Massachusetts |
Mattapoisett Public Library | Mattapoisett | Massachusetts |
Maynard Public Library | Maynard | Massachusetts |
Medfield Public Library | Medfield | Massachusetts |
Medford Public Library | Medford | Massachusetts |
Medway Public Library | Medway | Massachusetts |
Melrose Public Library | Melrose | Massachusetts |
Friends of the Nevins Memorial Library | Methuen | Massachusetts |
Middleborough Public Library | Middleboro | Massachusetts |
Flint Public Library | Middleton | Massachusetts |
Milford Town Library | Milford | Massachusetts |
Millis Public Library | Millis | Massachusetts |
Milton Public Library | Milton | Massachusetts |
Monson Free Library | Monson | Massachusetts |
Nahant Public Library | Nahant | Massachusetts |
Morse Institute Library | Natick | Massachusetts |
Needham Public Library | Needham | Massachusetts |
New Bedford Free Public Library | New Bedford | Massachusetts |
Newburyport Public Library | Newburyport | Massachusetts |
Newton Free Library | Newton Centre | Massachusetts |
Norfolk Public Library | Norfolk | Massachusetts |
Stevens Memorial Library | North Andover | Massachusetts |
Richards Memorial Library | North Attleboro | Massachusetts |
Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc. | North Easton | Massachusetts |
Flint Memorial Library | North Reading | Massachusetts |
Northborough Free Public Library | Northborough | Massachusetts |
Norton Public Library | Norton | Massachusetts |
Norwell Public Library | Norwell | Massachusetts |
Morrill Memorial Library | Norwood | Massachusetts |
Oxford Free Public Library | Oxford | Massachusetts |
Peabody Institute Library | Peabody | Massachusetts |
Pembroke Public Library | Pembroke | Massachusetts |
Lawrence Library of Pepperell | Pepperell | Massachusetts |
Plainville Public Library | Plainville | Massachusetts |
Plymouth Public Library | Plymouth | Massachusetts |
Thomas Crane Public Library #1 | Quincy | Massachusetts |
Thomas Crane Public Library #2 | Quincy | Massachusetts |
Turner Free Library | Randolph | Massachusetts |
Raynham Public Library | Raynham | Massachusetts |
Reading Public Library | Reading | Massachusetts |
Blanding Public Library | Rehoboth | Massachusetts |
Revere Public Library | Revere | Massachusetts |
Rockland Memorial Library | Rockland | Massachusetts |
Rockport Public Library | Rockport | Massachusetts |
Roslindale Branch - Boston Public Library | Roslindale | Massachusetts |
Rowley Free Public Library | Rowley | Massachusetts |
Dudley Branch - Boston Public Library | Roxbury | Massachusetts |
Egleston Square Branch - Boston Public Library | Roxbury | Massachusetts |
Parker Hill Branch - Boston Public Library | Roxbury Crossing | Massachusetts |
Salem Public Library | Salem | Massachusetts |
Sandwich Public Library | Sandwich | Massachusetts |
Saugus Public Library | Saugus | Massachusetts |
Scituate Town Library | Scituate | Massachusetts |
Seekonk Public Library | Seekonk | Massachusetts |
Sharon Public Library | Sharon | Massachusetts |
Sherborn Library | Sherborn | Massachusetts |
Shrewsbury Free Public Library | Shrewsbury | Massachusetts |
Somerville Public Library | Somerville | Massachusetts |
South Boston Branch - Boston Public Library | South Boston | Massachusetts |
Hamilton-Wenham Public Library | South Hamilton | Massachusetts |
South Yarmouth Library | South Yarmouth | Massachusetts |
Southborough Library | Southborough | Massachusetts |
Stoneham Public Library | Stoneham | Massachusetts |
Stoughton Public Library | Stoughton | Massachusetts |
Randall Library | Stow | Massachusetts |
Friends of The Goodnow Library | Sudbury | Massachusetts |
Swampscott Public Library | Swampscott | Massachusetts |
Swansea Free Public Library | Swansea | Massachusetts |
Taunton Public Library | Taunton | Massachusetts |
Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library | Tewksbury | Massachusetts |
Topsfield Town Library | Topsfield | Massachusetts |
Townsend Public Library | Townsend | Massachusetts |
Tyngsborough Public Library | Tyngsboro | Massachusetts |
Upton Town Library | Upton | Massachusetts |
Uxbridge Free Public Library | Uxbridge | Massachusetts |
West Tisbury Library | Vineyard Haven | Massachusetts |
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library | Wakefield | Massachusetts |
Walpole Public Library | Walpole | Massachusetts |
Walpole Public Library | Walpole | Massachusetts |
Waltham Public Library | Waltham | Massachusetts |
Watertown Free Public Library | Watertown | Massachusetts |
Wayland Free Public Library | Wayland | Massachusetts |
Wellesley Free Library | Wellesley | Massachusetts |
Wellesley Free Library | Wellesley | Massachusetts |
Wellfleet Public Library | Wellfleet | Massachusetts |
G.A.R. Memorial Library | West Newbury | Massachusetts |
West Roxbury Branch - Boston Public Library | West Roxbury | Massachusetts |
Friends of the J. V. Fletcher Library | Westford | Massachusetts |
Friends of the J. V. Fletcher Library | Westford | Massachusetts |
Weston Public Library | Weston | Massachusetts |
Westport Free Public Library | Westport | Massachusetts |
Westwood Public Library | Westwood | Massachusetts |
Whitman Public Library | Whitman | Massachusetts |
Wilbraham Public Library | Wilbraham | Massachusetts |
Wilmington Memorial Library | Wilmington | Massachusetts |
Winchester Public Library | Winchester | Massachusetts |
Winchester Public Library | Winchester | Massachusetts |
Winthrop Public Library & Museum | Winthrop | Massachusetts |
Woburn Public Library | Woburn | Massachusetts |
Worcester Free Public Library | Worcester | Massachusetts |
Worcester Public Library Burncoat Branch | Worcester | Massachusetts |
New Hampshire (top) | ||
Amherst Town Library | Amherst | New Hampshire |
Bedford Public Library | Bedford | New Hampshire |
Mary E. Bartlett Memorial Library | Brentwood | New Hampshire |
Hopkinton Town Library | Contoocook | New Hampshire |
Durham Public Library | Durham | New Hampshire |
Exeter Public Library | Exeter | New Hampshire |
Goffstown Public Library | Goffstown | New Hampshire |
Lane Memorial Library | Hampton | New Hampshire |
Howe Library | Hanover | New Hampshire |
Hollis Social Library | Hollis | New Hampshire |
Hooksett Public Library | Hooksett | New Hampshire |
George H. and Ella M. Rodgers Memorial Library | Hudson | New Hampshire |
Leach Library | Londonderry | New Hampshire |
Merrimack Public Library | Merrimack | New Hampshire |
Nashua Public Library | Nashua | New Hampshire |
Portsmouth Public Library | Portsmouth | New Hampshire |
Kelley Library | Salem | New Hampshire |
Nesmith Library | Windham | New Hampshire |
Rhode Island (top) | ||
Barrington Public Library | Barrington | Rhode Island |
Coventry Public Library | Coventry | Rhode Island |
Cumberland Public Library | Cumberland | Rhode Island |
East Greenwich Free Library | East Greenwich | Rhode Island |
East Providence Public Library | East Providence | Rhode Island |
Greenville Public Library | Greenville | Rhode Island |
Maury Loontjens Memorial Library | Narragansett | Rhode Island |
North Kingstown Free Library | North Kingstown | Rhode Island |
Rochambeau Branch - Providence Community Library | Providence | Rhode Island |
- Participating libraries have discount coupons in-house and distribute them to patrons using various methods.
- You must make arrangements with your library to get a discount coupon.
- You must bring the discount coupon to Boston Children’s Museum when you visit. Each coupon is good for only one specific date.
- If you do not have a coupon with you for that specific day, you will not be admitted at half price.
- You cannot use a coupon on a different date.
- A total of four people can receive half-price admission with each discount coupon. If you wish to bring a larger party, you will need to pay full price.
- If you have questions or concerns, please contact your library.
Information for Librarians
To request replacement discount library coupons:
If you have a patron that needs a replacement discount library coupon immediately or within the next few days, please call the Museum Membership line at (617) 426-6500 ext. 354. When you contact us please provide the library staff person's name requesting the discount library coupon, the date(s) needed for the replacement coupons, the name of patron who booked the coupon, the reason for replacing the coupon, and the library staff person's name and email address where the replacement coupon(s) will be sent. We will then email library replacement coupons to the appropriate library staff person.
Each coupon has a specific pass number, allowing track the use of the coupons. Boston Children's Museum admissions staff are trained to accept replacement coupons with unique serial numbers. We no longer accept letters from the library on their letterhead.